Families with disabled children have higher costs and lower incomes than other families. For over forty years The Family Funds's main function has been to help redress this balance by distributing public money across the UK in the form of grants to families with sick and disabled children.

The administrations in Scotland, England and Northern Ireland have all maintained their financial commitment to low incomes families by supporting the Family Fund. However the Welsh Government has chosen to cut their contribution since 2016 by £5.5 million over 3 years.

The reality of this decision will be that 4000 low incomes families in Wales will only be able to apply to the fund once every four years rather than every year in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Carers Wales, Contact a Family and Learning Disability Wales are continuing to have discussions with Assembly Members across Wales to enforce the importance of the Family Fund and the need for additional funding for low income families across Wales.

Carers Wales AM Briefing

Below are the two briefings Carers Wales has sent to all Welsh Assembly members on the #4000Families campaign.